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  The Quintessential Eddie Lang 1925 – 1932
Eddie Lang joined the Mound City Blue Blowers shortly after his arrival in New York in 1924, and made his recording debut with that group in the same year, at the tail end of the acoustic era.
Despite the primitive acoustic, it is evident that Eddie Lang already was an assured musician, with a feeling for the blues and a keen ear for harmonic possibilities.
The only other guitarist to equal Lang's fluency and technique during his lifetime was the New Orleans born Lonnie Johnson, who later recalled their duet recordings as the highlight of his distinguished career.
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  Biography of Eddie Lang   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 - March 26, 1933) was a jazz guitarist, considered by many the finest of his era.
Lang was born with the name Salvatore Massaro, the son of an Italian-American instrument maker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Eddie Lang died from infections following a tonsillectomy in New York City.
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 Eddy Christiani - De Nederlandse electrische gitaar pionier
Niet lang daarna komt zijn vader te overlijden.
Eddy kan een Harmony gitaar lenen van Joop Heerholtz, totdat hij zelf genoeg geld heeft om een nieuwe gitaar te kopen.
Eddy Christiani is ook aanwezig met zijn gitaar en vokale bijdragen op een aantal platen op Decca van deze combinatie.
www.pmouse.nl /christiani   (5107 words)

  
 Eddie Lang
Lang was a versatile player who could back Blues singers, play Classical music, and jam with the greatest musicians of his day.
Eddie Lang led several dates of his own between 1927 and 1929, including an interesting session with King Oliver and Johnson, under the name of Blind Willie Dunn and his Gin Bottle Four.
Bing was deeply disturbed by Lang's death, not only because he suddenly lost one of his best friends and most talented sidemen, but because he had personally urged Lang to have the operation.
www.redhotjazz.com /lang.html   (334 words)

  
 Eddie Lang, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
The first jazz guitar virtuoso, Eddie Lang was everywhere in the late '20s; all of his fellow musicians knew that he was the best.
A measure of Lang's versatility and talents is that he mostly played the chordal parts on a series of duets with Lonnie Johnson (during which he used the pseudonym Blind Willie Dunn) yet on his two duets with Carl Kress (whose chord voicings were an advancement on Lang's), he played the single-note leads.
Eddie Lang, who led some dates of his own during 1927-29, worked regularly with Bing Crosby during the early '30s in addition to recording many sessions with Venuti.
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 Eddie Lang information - Search.com
Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was a jazz guitarist, considered by many the finest of his era.
Lang was born Salvatore Massaro, the son of an Italian-American instrument maker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Eddie Lang died from a sudden hemorrhage following a tonsillectomy in New York City.
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 Eddie Lang - 'Jazz Guitar Virtuoso'
Eddie Lang was the most famous jazz guitarist of the 20s.
By the time of his premature death he was the leader in the field of jazz guitar solos, a category he virtually created.
A single Lang performance frequently presents a potpourri of flourishes drawn from diverse musical idioms.
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 Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Eddie Lang/Joe Venuti music, as does the Four (with Dan Levinson on sax and Tom Roberts on piano).
Barnes' interest in Eddie Lang blossmed by playing with violinist Michael Salsburg in the Milliner band, covering tunes like "Raggin' the Scale", "Ill Never Be The Same" and "Wild Dog".
As the BSO played more and more Whiteman charts his interest in Langs unique style grew more and a more serious study was put into the solo works as well as the recordings with Venuti.
www.jazzbands.org /langvenuti4   (579 words)

  
 Eddie Lang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American jazz guitarist, considered by many the finest of his era.
When Bing Crosby left Whiteman, Lang went with Bing as his accompanist and can be seen with him in the 1932 movie Big Broadcast.
Eddie Lang - Stringin' The Blues written by Adriano Mazzoletti, Pantheon Editore, Italy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eddie_Lang   (248 words)

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